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ActiveCollab
Streamlined Project Management
4.2

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ActiveCollab Reviews: 4.2/5 — Solid Choice

ActiveCollab Overview
What is ActiveCollab?

ActiveCollab is a project management solution for creative professionals. It offers cloud-based subscription plans or a self-hosting license with organizational features that can be viewed according to what is most convenient among users. Automatic rescheduling allows for the child's tasks to follow the change made to the parent task automatically and tasks can be viewed as a timeline or a kanban board, a calendar, or a list.

Company ActiveCollab Inc.
Year founded 2007
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Delaware, United States
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ActiveCollab Product Details
Capabilities
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone, On-Premise Linux
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
ActiveCollab Features
Agile Methodologies Support
Budget Management
Calendar Integration
Client Portal
Collaboration Tools
Customizable Dashboards
Dependency Tracking
Document Management
File Sharing
Gantt Charts
Integration with Third-Party Apps
Issue Tracking
Kanban Boards
Milestone Tracking
Mobile Access
Notifications and Alerts
Portfolio Management
Progress Tracking
Project Planning
Project Templates
Real-Time Updates
Reporting and Analytics
Resource Management
Risk Management
Role-Based Access Control
Sprints Management
Task Management
Team Communication
Time Tracking
Workflow Automation
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93 ActiveCollab Reviews
4.2 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 18, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
GG
Gaurav G.
Founder
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"Active Collab Provides the billable time option"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

Active collaboration helped us adding billable time for the project tasks. It helps adding billable or non billable option to the logged time against a task. Active collab also provided us custom reports and options to custmize the modules further with our own hosted version. The reports are simple enough to understand and helps us running the billing for the clients each month.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

Active collab gets slower when there is a lot of data. We have enough data in the system and sometimes it gets slow on a specific custom coded modules.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using ActiveCollab to help our development team with adding the project tasks. team use Active Collab to log their time on a daily basis which are billed to the client at the end of every month. reports are helpful as data is allowed to be exported.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 14, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Amar K.
Senior Software Engineer
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"ActiveCollab is an perfect project management and time management tool"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

We can track time spend in a project and also track project progress. Deadline meets due to active colllab. time ealst tracked and we can track each and every employee and we can track every single empolyee that how much time he/ she spending in a particular project and its helps to evaluate the specific employee .

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

we can improve UI for activeCollab like drag and drop. like jira and other project management tool, there may be more filter for evolving progress of employee. There should be sprint planning section in active collab. there must be a story writing section which helps to track and manage project as well as time also.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time tracking Project progress manage total time spend in a project Deadlines achieving

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 26, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Vicent A.
I+D Ingeniero En Visión Artificial
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"Control of every task"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

Timers in tasks and calendars to manage occupation of the resources

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

I don’t like how they manage the labels!

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Management of the team and projects

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 22, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"The best software out there for project management"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

If you are looking for the best software for project management that integrates both clients and employees ActiveCollab is for you. Easy to use, straight forward user interface and even easier to setup and understand quickly for clients and your team. Clients are able to create tasks and respond and the team can pass tasks over to clients to complete as well.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

The software is buggy right now so they have a lot to work out. However, it is still a superior project management software.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping clients and the team on task has really been easy with activecollab. It has also helped keep communications in one -place especially when another members needs to respond or take over when the main project lead is out on vacation or sick. It is easy to just pick up from where another left off when all correspondence and tasks are in activecollab.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 07, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great tool for agencies and teams alike"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

I love how agencies can make tasks, communicate task information, and clock time all in one spot.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

I cannot think of anything I dislike about this platform.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems solved: one place for task/project management and storing important filed. Benefits: great tool, easy to use and understand, communicating with team members.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 16, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Best project management tool"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

Activecollab is a great easy to use service that clients love and follow through post discussions with.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

You cannot move tasks, once you make a list that is the order you must stick with

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has kept both the team and clients on track and has been able to show the progress bit bt bit.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 16, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Stay Organized with ActiveCollab"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

My team swares off of ActiveCollab, it is the best way to keep organized and communicate with the client. It is important and required we keep all client correspondence in here because if ease of use and for any teammate to be able to pick up where the last left off if on leaves or vacations.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

There are certain functionalities it should have but I believe they are working on it.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

The software only gets better, it has helped address client correspindance and task timeline issues whereas we had in the past.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 15, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"GREAT Project management tool!"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

It is easy to use, easy for clients to understand, helps you keep organized, built in invoicing.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

You cant move the task lists around once you already put in the tasks

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping my team organized and my clients in the loop on project status

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
BV
Bob V.
Owner
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"Active Collab is awesome!!"
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

We use A/C for our entire task management for all of our clients. It works exactly like we need it to.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

Honestly I have no complaints. It is designed very well and works perfectly for what need it to do.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

complete task amangement solution. Recurring tasks, which we use all of the time.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 31, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Kenny S.
Internet Marketing Manager
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"Excellent project management software."
What do you like best about ActiveCollab?

Fast and convenient. The ability to clearly distribute tasks. There are elements for project management. Integration with dropbox.

What do you dislike about ActiveCollab?

You can not separate the subtasks. And you can not change the templates.

What problems is ActiveCollab solving and how is that benefiting you?

Work with projects and a clear division of responsibilities.